Hitting kern.openfile ~= kern.maxfiles
Hi all, I am getting sporadic Xorg / KDE lockups or process crashes. It seems to be related to hitting the kern.maxfiles value. What I am seeing looks like a lot of unclosed file descriptors that are clogging the system badly. FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009 Xorg 7.5 KDE 3.5.10_7 Firefox 3.6.8,1 I use Kmail to access my dovecot server on another box. Symptoms include messages like unable to cd into /home/me/stuff/next_level Or unable to access a shared lib. If I close konqerer or kamail or firefox, Then it sometimes comes good, other wise the best solution is to logout of KDE / Xorg and (re)startx again. At the command prompt, without Xorg / KDE running I usually see and kern.openfiles value of about 350, It will jump up to about 900 or more on the startx which also launches KDE, that up to arounf 1, 11000 with Kmail, konqerer and firefox running. It will sometime hover there for days, Then go up and cause freezes, nonstarts etc . Other times it will go up Within a hour or so I've looked at tuning(7) and currently kern.maxfiles is set to 24000. I have hald and dbus running for xorg Any udeas ? -- Murray Taylor Bytecraft Systems Special Projects Engineer P: +61 3 8710 0600 D: +61 3 9238 4275 F: +61 3 9238 4140 |_|0|_|"Absence of evidence |_|_|0|is not evidence of absence" |0|0|0|Carl Sagan --- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --- ### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses by Bytecraft ### ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Port dependencies
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Re: tuning a system for a single user
On Fri, 1 Apr 2011, Eitan Adler wrote: When I look for tuning guides online, or reading tuning(7) I find a lot of guides for tuning a system for multiple users or for specific purposes (web servers, file servers, etc) I am looking for specific tunables that might make the experience of using FreeBSD better. I found the sysctl kern.maxusers but I'm unsure how things affects things. Can I reduce the amount of time, memory, etc the kernel spends enforcing quota, scheduling, etc? I don't have anything particular in mind - just want to get a general set of tunables I might be interested in. Since you have nothing particular in mind: Did you have a look at # man tuning Might be a good starting point. Greetings Uli. -- Eitan Adler ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | Wuppertal | Germany ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: nfs error: No route to host when starting apache ...
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2011, Rick Macklem wrote: > > >> Since rpc.lockd and rpc.statd expect to be able to do IP broadcast > >> (same goes for rpcbind), I suspect that might be a problem w.r.t. > >> jails, although I know nothing about how jails work? > >> > > Oh, and you can use the "nolock" mount option to avoid use of > > rpc.lockd and rpc.statd. > > based on the mount_nfs man page, as well as trying it just in case, > this > option no longer appears to be availalble in the 7.x nfs code ... :( > Oops, sorry. The option is called "nolockd". rick ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: DNS Administrator - Kenya
> alternatively try one of the torrents, it should survive disconnections far > better than ftp etc Yes, try the torrents. I don't seed them for nothing. This is probably one of the best ways to get FreeBSD. Here they are: http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: am i back up....???
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 02:33:53AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 18:15:48 -0600, Chad Perrin > wrote: > > I've seen Roundcube do this crap. It does *not* make me happy when > > trying to skim through emails quickly -- and it can be bad when > > reading more closely, too. > > You're fully correct, it may not be the best solution for power users. My point is more that it's not the best solution for people whose emails might ever be read by "power users", or anyone else who, y'know, reads email discussions. > > In this case, an IMAP-capable *local* client program would be much > better. With local caching, you can also improve speed. And even > programs with good keyboard support are possible, even programs for use > in text mode do exist (a welcome solution for blind users). . . . like Mutt. Yeah, I know it. > > Sadly, my dear customers wanted web mail, and they insisted on > RoundCube, so they got it. They're slow in thinkind and reading, slower > in typing, so the program speed is still too fast for them. That's all > the magic behind the story. :-) Well . . . I guess if someone demands a crappy program, you either give it to them or effectively convince them to get it from someone else. I just don't really think it's a great idea to bring up software that makes communication difficult without being prompted for it when giving suggestions for how people should do things. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpLID0S7HuN0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: am i back up....???
On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 18:15:48 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > I've seen Roundcube do this crap. It does *not* make me happy when > trying to skim through emails quickly -- and it can be bad when reading > more closely, too. You're fully correct, it may not be the best solution for power users. In this case, an IMAP-capable *local* client program would be much better. With local caching, you can also improve speed. And even programs with good keyboard support are possible, even programs for use in text mode do exist (a welcome solution for blind users). Sadly, my dear customers wanted web mail, and they insisted on RoundCube, so they got it. They're slow in thinkind and reading, slower in typing, so the program speed is still too fast for them. That's all the magic behind the story. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: am i back up....???
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 01:37:50AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:46:26 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:43:59AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > > > > > For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on > > > the server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you > > > want, and you could even install a web mail client (e. g. > > > roundcube) to bind to that IMAP inter- face. In my opinion, this is > > > way better than the POP/no-SMTP thing I'm currently doing. > > > > Why Roundcube? From what I've seen, it doesn't handle quote > > indentation and marking properly. > > Why not? :-) Please tell me why you would want to inflict this kind of behavior on others: > > > > > > For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on > > > the server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you > > > want, and you could even install a web mail client (e. g. > > > roundcube) to bind to that IMAP inter- face. In my opinion, this is > > > way better than the POP/no-SMTP thing I'm currently doing. I've seen Roundcube do this crap. It does *not* make me happy when trying to skim through emails quickly -- and it can be bad when reading more closely, too. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpQaVQOdA6E2.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: am i back up....???
On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:46:26 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:43:59AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > > > For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on the > > server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you want, and > > you could even install a web mail client (e. g. roundcube) to bind to > > that IMAP inter- face. In my opinion, this is way better than the > > POP/no-SMTP thing I'm currently doing. > > Why Roundcube? From what I've seen, it doesn't handle quote indentation > and marking properly. Why not? :-) From my limited testing, I found it suitable for most of my "I don't care" customers who do not use indentation or quoting properly. But the advantage of IMAP (e. g. cyrus-imap, courier-imap) is that you can use ANY client program, therefore any web-based mailer you want. There are several others available, such as sqwebmail or openwebmail with different features... RoudCube was just the first solution that came to my mind, I didn't want to say that it's the only solution that does exist. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: console based sound control
On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:59:57 +0200, Alokat wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. With "sound control", you mean a mixer program, correct? FreeBSD brings its own system program for that - see "man mixer" for details. There's also a port that provides a curses-based "graphical" mixer, the port brings both a mixer for console and one for X, but sadly I can't remember its name... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: am i back up....???
Bruce Cran wrote: On 02/04/2011 21:54, David Chanters wrote: You could have just sent yourself an email. But yes, here you are. I was going to suggest Gary should have used the freebsd-test mailing list but then I realised it's been broken since May last year. ##3 Aloha Bruce, Recently I've sent tests to a couple of our subscribers that I know personally since the tests never came back. Thanks for the heads up as to why. Any chance of getting it fixed? ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Port dependencies
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 10:35:08AM +0200, Romain Garbage wrote: > 2011/4/3 Chris Telting : > > > >> seriously, this is why i want that debian+freebsd that was > >> discussed recently. the kernel is ours and number one in the > >> world. and the ports stuff is basically packages that more/less > >> just-work. you can get the src =with= the pkg. > >> > > > > How does debian get around all the "make config" options that we deal with? > > Such as does such and such package pull in samba... Or does debian just > > compile with every option more or less enabled? > > "Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is a port that consists of GNU userland using the > GNU C library on top of FreeBSD's kernel, coupled with the regular > Debian package set." from http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ > > So it seems they basically use their own packages and not the ports. > > Romain Well, so then _this_ is ho w thei r stuff works together. It is all from the deb packages. gary Ps: i'm glad i quit porting our libc to the gnu world back in 199[?]. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Last Stacker patent expires May 14th
Everyone: The last of the Stac data compression patents, granted in 1991, expires on May 14th of this year. For a long time, all implementations of PPP for FreeBSD have had stubs for the Stac compression methods (in particular, MPPC; see, for example, /sys/netgraph/mppc.c) and there's now absolutely no reason for them to do so anymore. (Linux, in fact, has jumped the gun and has compression code available.) Shall we start coding? --Brett Glass ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: DNS Administrator - Kenya
On 3 April 2011 18:10, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 18:57, Kenneth Parit > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I look forward to becoming the DNS Administrator for my country Kenya. > > > > It is impossible to download FreeBSD 8.2 from any of the mirror sites > > due to disconnections. > > > > Since I am contactable any day/time of the year and skilled in DNS > > setup, kindly email me the latest stable FreeBSD to be installed on > > Mac Pro (Model 1,1). The following specs: > > > > - Dual-Core Intel Xeon > > - Processor speed 2 GHz - 4 core (2 processors) > > - L2 Cache (per processor) - 4MB > > - Memory - 1GB > > - Bus Speed - 1.33 GHz > > - Boot ROM Version - MP11.005C.B04 > > - SMC Version - 1.7f6 > > - Serial Number - CK6350U0UPZ > > - Intel - ESB2 AHCI > > - Speed - 3.0 Gigabit > > - Capacity - 150 GB > > - DNS Server address 41.212.3.2, 212.165.130.9 > > > > Please keep in mind that FreeBSD is alittle overwhelming though my > passion > > in learning is equally high. Include all installation and configuration > > information required. > > > > Many thanks. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Kenneth Parit > > +254 752 776675 > > > > > Hello Parit, > > Please contact me on any of the two numbers appearing in my signature text. > You will get FreeBSD 8.2 DVD from me. You can find me at Wilson Airport, > If you find FreeBSD a little overwhelming, I am a phone call (or even an > e-mail away) if you need help. > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > Damn!! > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > alternatively try one of the torrents, it should survive disconnections far better than ftp etc ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Re[2]: graphical representation of `du`
On 3 April 2011 20:26, Австин Ким wrote:
> Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:01:24 +0200 письмо от David Demelier
> :
>
>> On 02/04/2011 19:30, Chris Rees wrote:
>> > On 2 April 2011 18:22, Chris Rees wrote:
>> >> On 2 April 2011 18:07, Mike Jeays wrote:
>> >>> On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 17:15:04 +0100
>> >>> Chris Rees wrote:
>> >>>
>> du -h . | awk '{a[i++]=$0} END {for (j=i-1; j>=0;) print a[j--] }' |
>> awk '{print($2" ["$1"]");}' | sed -e 's,[^-][^/]*/,--,g' -e 's,^,|,'
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I confess to being impressed...
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Yeah, but perhaps I should have used sed instead of the second awk;
>> >> fewer processes:
>> >>
>> >> du -h | awk '{a[i++]=$0} END {for (j=i-1; j>=0;) print a[j--] }' | sed
>> >> -e 's,^[^1-9]*\([^___CTRL-V+TAB__]*\)CTRL-V+TAB_*\(.*\)$,\2
>> >> \[\1\],;s,[^-][^/]*/,--,g;s,^,|,'
>> >>
>> >> That does exactly the same -- where I've put CTRL-V+TAB__ you
>> >> have to type Ctrl-V, then a literal [::tab::] key; BSD sed doesn't do
>> >> \t.
>> >>
>> >> Chris
>> >>
>> >
>> > Final version:
>> >
>> > http://www.bayofrum.net/~crees/graphical_du.sh
>> >
>> > Maybe I should port it...
>> >
>>
>> Thanks! This rocks! :-)
>>
>
> What a fun thread :)
>
> Here's my two cents, written as an sh(1) function that you can tack on to the
> end of your .profile or .shrc:
> (Caveats: I'm writing this on a Mac OS X machine, not on a FreeBSD machine,
> at the moment, but hopefully this'll still work.
> Also, the following will mess up if you have directories whose names begin
> with "|".)
>
> # dg: `du--graphical'
> # Usage: dg [dir ...]
> # Based on script by Chris Rees
> # 1459 Sunday, 3 April 2011
>
> dg ( ) {
> du -h "$@" |
> awk '{FS="\t"; print $2"\t["$1"]"}' |
> sort |
> sed -e 's:[^/]*/:| :g' -e 's:\(^\(| \)*\)| \([^|].*\):\1+-\3:'
> return
> }
I used the awk a[i++]=$0} END {for (j=i-1; j>=0;) print a[j--] etc to
reverse the order, rather than alphabetise it because it's quicker:
$ du -h . | time sort >/dev/null 2>time
$ cat time
8.17 real 0.03 user 0.00 sys
$ du -h . | time awk '{a[i++]=$2} END { for (j=i-1; j>=0;) print
a[j--] }' >/dev/null 2>time2
$ cat time2
7.77 real 0.14 user 0.00 sys
YMMV of course!
Chris
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Re[2]: graphical representation of `du`
Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:01:24 +0200 письмо от David Demelier
:
> On 02/04/2011 19:30, Chris Rees wrote:
> > On 2 April 2011 18:22, Chris Rees wrote:
> >> On 2 April 2011 18:07, Mike Jeays wrote:
> >>> On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 17:15:04 +0100
> >>> Chris Rees wrote:
> >>>
> du -h . | awk '{a[i++]=$0} END {for (j=i-1; j>=0;) print a[j--] }' |
> awk '{print($2" ["$1"]");}' | sed -e 's,[^-][^/]*/,--,g' -e 's,^,|,'
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I confess to being impressed...
> >>>
> >>
> >> Yeah, but perhaps I should have used sed instead of the second awk;
> >> fewer processes:
> >>
> >> du -h | awk '{a[i++]=$0} END {for (j=i-1; j>=0;) print a[j--] }' | sed
> >> -e 's,^[^1-9]*\([^___CTRL-V+TAB__]*\)CTRL-V+TAB_*\(.*\)$,\2
> >> \[\1\],;s,[^-][^/]*/,--,g;s,^,|,'
> >>
> >> That does exactly the same -- where I've put CTRL-V+TAB__ you
> >> have to type Ctrl-V, then a literal [::tab::] key; BSD sed doesn't do
> >> \t.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >
> > Final version:
> >
> > http://www.bayofrum.net/~crees/graphical_du.sh
> >
> > Maybe I should port it...
> >
>
> Thanks! This rocks! :-)
>
> > Chris
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What a fun thread :)
Here's my two cents, written as an sh(1) function that you can tack on to the
end of your .profile or .shrc:
(Caveats: I'm writing this on a Mac OS X machine, not on a FreeBSD machine, at
the moment, but hopefully this'll still work.
Also, the following will mess up if you have directories whose names begin with
"|".)
# dg: `du--graphical'
# Usage: dg [dir ...]
# Based on script by Chris Rees
# 1459 Sunday, 3 April 2011
dg ( ) {
du -h "$@" |
awk '{FS="\t"; print $2"\t["$1"]"}' |
sort |
sed -e 's:[^/]*/:| :g' -e 's:\(^\(| \)*\)| \([^|].*\):\1+-\3:'
return
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Kaffeine anomaly
I like kaffeine's playlist, but how do the Artist, Album, and track fields get populated or edited? I'm asking on FreeBSD because it may be via File Manager and extended attributes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem
2011-04-03 16:19 keltezéssel, Matthew Seaman írta: On 03/04/2011 14:45, Paul Chany wrote: I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( The computer on wich I try to run this command is on my home LAN that has a gateway/router. What can I do to solve this problem? You need to diagnose why your fetch is bombing out. Start by checking over your own equipment and try to eliminate that as a source of problems. Make sure all your cabling is in good condition and that all network plugs are correctly seated. Check for packet errors: # netstat -i Well, maybe this does not cause the solution but: I change in /etc/portsnap.conf the server from: SERVERNAME=portsnap.FreeBSD.org to a portsnap mirror: SERVERNAME=portsnap1.FreeBSD.org and after that I can fetch ports. -- Best Regards, Paul ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: DNS Administrator - Kenya
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 18:57, Kenneth Parit wrote: > Hello, > > I look forward to becoming the DNS Administrator for my country Kenya. > > It is impossible to download FreeBSD 8.2 from any of the mirror sites > due to disconnections. > > Since I am contactable any day/time of the year and skilled in DNS > setup, kindly email me the latest stable FreeBSD to be installed on > Mac Pro (Model 1,1). The following specs: > > - Dual-Core Intel Xeon > - Processor speed 2 GHz - 4 core (2 processors) > - L2 Cache (per processor) - 4MB > - Memory - 1GB > - Bus Speed - 1.33 GHz > - Boot ROM Version - MP11.005C.B04 > - SMC Version - 1.7f6 > - Serial Number - CK6350U0UPZ > - Intel - ESB2 AHCI > - Speed - 3.0 Gigabit > - Capacity - 150 GB > - DNS Server address 41.212.3.2, 212.165.130.9 > > Please keep in mind that FreeBSD is alittle overwhelming though my passion > in learning is equally high. Include all installation and configuration > information required. > > Many thanks. > > Kind regards > > Kenneth Parit > +254 752 776675 > Hello Parit, Please contact me on any of the two numbers appearing in my signature text. You will get FreeBSD 8.2 DVD from me. You can find me at Wilson Airport, If you find FreeBSD a little overwhelming, I am a phone call (or even an e-mail away) if you need help. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: console based sound control
On 03/04/2011 15:59, Alokat wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. Does someone know one? Regards, alokat ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" try them : audio/aumix Audio mixer for X11, terminal, or command line audio/umixAdvanced tool for adjusting soundcard mixers, replacement for aumix Cheers, -- David Demelier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem
2011-04-03 16:19 keltezéssel, Matthew Seaman írta: On 03/04/2011 14:45, Paul Chany wrote: I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( The computer on wich I try to run this command is on my home LAN that has a gateway/router. What can I do to solve this problem? You need to diagnose why your fetch is bombing out. Start by checking over your own equipment and try to eliminate that as a source of problems. Make sure all your cabling is in good condition and that all network plugs are correctly seated. Check for packet errors: # netstat -i Anything non-zero in the Ierrs or Oerrs columns is a cause for concern, especially if the error counters are going up over time. If your gateway/router has the capability, check for the same sort of errors there. On my gateway/router the output of 'netstat -i' command is_ Kernel Interface table Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVRTX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg eth0 1500 0 7914770 0 0 0 3427615 0 0 0 BRU eth1 1500 0 3369182 0 0 0 5234370 0 0 0 ABMRU lo16436 0 1193 0 0 0 1193 0 0 0 LRU -- Best Regards, Paul ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: am i back up....???
On 3 Apr 2011 17:32, "Bruce Cran" wrote: > > On 02/04/2011 21:54, David Chanters wrote: > >> You could have just sent yourself an email. But yes, here you are. > > > I was going to suggest Gary should have used the freebsd-test mailing list but then I realised it's been broken since May last year. > Hah, ironic or what??? Chris. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: DNS Administrator - Kenya
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 06:57:27PM +0300, Kenneth Parit wrote: > Hello, > > I look forward to becoming the DNS Administrator for my country Kenya. > > It is impossible to download FreeBSD 8.2 from any of the mirror sites > due to disconnections. > > Since I am contactable any day/time of the year and skilled in DNS > setup, kindly email me the latest stable FreeBSD to be installed on > Mac Pro (Model 1,1). The following specs: why don't you buy a cd set from the FreeBSD Mall and have it posted to you, then you will be supporting the project as well as putting those DNS skills to good use. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem
2011-04-03 18:35 keltezéssel, Paul Chany írta: 2011-04-03 16:19 keltezéssel, Matthew Seaman írta: On 03/04/2011 14:45, Paul Chany wrote: I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( The computer on wich I try to run this command is on my home LAN that has a gateway/router. What can I do to solve this problem? You need to diagnose why your fetch is bombing out. Start by checking over your own equipment and try to eliminate that as a source of problems. Make sure all your cabling is in good condition and that all network plugs are correctly seated. Check for packet errors: # netstat -i All my cabling is in good condition and all network plugs are correctly seated. I attached the output of '# netstat -i' command in netstat.log file. Well, it seems that one can't to send mail with attached file onto list, right? Here is the output of netstat -i: NameMtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Idrop Opkts Oerrs Coll plip0 15000 0 0 0 0 0 lo0 163840 0 0 0 0 0 lo0 16384 fe80:2::1 fe80:2::10 - - 0 - - lo0 16384 localhost ::1 0 - - 0 - - lo0 16384 your-net localhost0 - - 0 - - ue01500 00:00:e8:00:11:f172968 0 0 4867126 0 ue01500 192.168.10.0 cspetoile.localdo72934 - - 48682 - - -- Best Regards, Paul ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem
2011-04-03 16:19 keltezéssel, Matthew Seaman írta: On 03/04/2011 14:45, Paul Chany wrote: I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( The computer on wich I try to run this command is on my home LAN that has a gateway/router. What can I do to solve this problem? You need to diagnose why your fetch is bombing out. Start by checking over your own equipment and try to eliminate that as a source of problems. Make sure all your cabling is in good condition and that all network plugs are correctly seated. Check for packet errors: # netstat -i All my cabling is in good condition and all network plugs are correctly seated. I attached the output of '# netstat -i' command in netstat.log file. One can see there are 26 Oerrs in the file. Informations of my home LAN are: domain: excito gateway: 192.168.10.1 name server: 192.168.10.1 netmask: 255.255.255.0 Any advices will be appreciated! -- Best Regards, Paul ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: am i back up....???
On 02/04/2011 21:54, David Chanters wrote: You could have just sent yourself an email. But yes, here you are. I was going to suggest Gary should have used the freebsd-test mailing list but then I realised it's been broken since May last year. -- Bruce Cran
DNS Administrator - Kenya
Hello, I look forward to becoming the DNS Administrator for my country Kenya. It is impossible to download FreeBSD 8.2 from any of the mirror sites due to disconnections. Since I am contactable any day/time of the year and skilled in DNS setup, kindly email me the latest stable FreeBSD to be installed on Mac Pro (Model 1,1). The following specs: - Dual-Core Intel Xeon - Processor speed 2 GHz - 4 core (2 processors) - L2 Cache (per processor) - 4MB - Memory - 1GB - Bus Speed - 1.33 GHz - Boot ROM Version - MP11.005C.B04 - SMC Version - 1.7f6 - Serial Number - CK6350U0UPZ - Intel - ESB2 AHCI - Speed - 3.0 Gigabit - Capacity - 150 GB - DNS Server address 41.212.3.2, 212.165.130.9 Please keep in mind that FreeBSD is alittle overwhelming though my passion in learning is equally high. Include all installation and configuration information required. Many thanks. Kind regards Kenneth Parit +254 752 776675 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: am i back up....???
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:43:59AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on the > server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you want, and > you could even install a web mail client (e. g. roundcube) to bind to > that IMAP inter- face. In my opinion, this is way better than the > POP/no-SMTP thing I'm currently doing. Why Roundcube? From what I've seen, it doesn't handle quote indentation and marking properly. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpMvXYQnFj3L.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Port dependencies
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 05:07:54PM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Chris Rees wrote: > > On 2 April 2011 00:58, Chris Telting wrote: > > > > > > One of my biggest gripes with the ports system is dependency hell. > > > > I think you've misunderstood the term dependency hell [1]. Anyone > > who has spent hours struggling with rpm ... would never dare to > > even think of such terms when using the Ports Collection. > > Dependency purgatory? I'd say it's something more like "dependency real-world". Purgatory would be Ubuntu, where installing something with Synaptic doesn't require you to track all the (recursive) dependencies yourself, but uninstalling Evolution can break the whole system because of the insanely inclusive dependency policies for packages. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpfSWO25iwLE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: console based sound control
On 04/03/11 16:31, Bruce Cran wrote: On 03/04/2011 14:59, Alokat wrote: I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. Does someone know one? Have you tried mixer(8)? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mixer&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.2-RELEASE&format=html Thanks works fine ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: console based sound control
On 03/04/2011 14:59, Alokat wrote: I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. Does someone know one? Have you tried mixer(8)? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mixer&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.2-RELEASE&format=html -- Bruce Cran
Re: console based sound control
I use audacity but that is a sound editor and may not be what you're looking for. From: Alokat To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sun, April 3, 2011 9:59:57 AM Subject: console based sound control Hi, I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. Does someone know one? Regards, alokat ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem
On 03/04/2011 14:45, Paul Chany wrote: > I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. > > Whenever I try to run command > # portsnap fetch extract > > the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( > > The computer on wich I try to run this command is on my home LAN > that has a gateway/router. > > What can I do to solve this problem? You need to diagnose why your fetch is bombing out. Start by checking over your own equipment and try to eliminate that as a source of problems. Make sure all your cabling is in good condition and that all network plugs are correctly seated. Check for packet errors: # netstat -i Anything non-zero in the Ierrs or Oerrs columns is a cause for concern, especially if the error counters are going up over time. If your gateway/router has the capability, check for the same sort of errors there. Having eliminated your own kit as a source of problems, try looking for network problems between the portsnap servers and you. mtr(8) is good for this purpose, but (of course) catch22: to install it, you'ld need a working ports tree... mtr will show up packet loss on intermediate network links, and various sorts of routing problems. If these are present, then you need to contact your ISP who should be able to sort things out on your behalf. Finally, one thing that can screw up portsnap is a poorly implemented transparent HTTP proxy. My advice: *don't use ISPs that force you to use transparent proxying*. However, if this is what you are lumbered with, then there is a simple work-around: use csup(1) instead of portsnap(8). csup doesn't run over HTTP, so it can't be mangled by broken proxies. Now, if you need help with any of this, you can certainly post here, but for best results you'll need to supply a lot more detail about exactly what it was you did and exactly what the result was. Cut'n'paste from the terminal is good, or use script(1) to save a transcript of a terminal session. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
console based sound control
Hi, I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. Does someone know one? Regards, alokat ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Port dependencies
Op 2-4-2011 19:03, Randal L. Schwartz schreef: That's one of the first things I do with a fresh system that will be only a server: echo "WITHOUT_X11=yes">> /etc/make.conf And then *never* use packages. Only ports Are the quotes neccessary? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem
Hi, I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( The computer on wich I try to run this command is on my home LAN that has a gateway/router. What can I do to solve this problem? -- Best Regards, Paul ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Port dependencies
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Chris Telting wrote: > > > How does debian get around all the "make config" options that we deal with? > Such as does such and such package pull in samba... Or does debian just > compile with every option more or less enabled? > Yes, and no. One debian "source" package may create 1 or more binary packages. For instance, Debian has at least two sudo packages (sudo and sudo-ldap) -but only one source package. Take a look here: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/sudo (Also, Debian/Ubuntu also create -dev packages for headers and development libraries, which FreeBSD ports does not (THANK GOD!)) -- chs ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Could not find /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
On 03/04/2011 11:05, Paul Chany wrote: > I have just installed FreeBSD release 8.2 using > FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso > and want to install sudo. > > I did the following: > > # whereis sudo > # cd /usr/ports/security/sudo > # make install clean > > but get error messages: > > .. Could not find /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk > > What can I do to solve this problem? You don't have a good copy of /usr/ports installed. Not sure what went wrong there, since you've clearly got parts of it. There are a number of ways of rectifying that, but I recommend just running the following: # portsnap fetch extract Then you should be able to build sudo and any other ports you want. See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html for the full story on getting and maintaining a current copy of the ports tree. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Could not find /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
Hi, I have just installed FreeBSD release 8.2 using FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso and want to install sudo. I did the following: # whereis sudo # cd /usr/ports/security/sudo # make install clean but get error messages: .. Could not find /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk What can I do to solve this problem? -- Best Regards, Paul ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: graphical representation of `du`
On 02/04/2011 19:30, Chris Rees wrote:
On 2 April 2011 18:22, Chris Rees wrote:
On 2 April 2011 18:07, Mike Jeays wrote:
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 17:15:04 +0100
Chris Rees wrote:
du -h . | awk '{a[i++]=$0} END {for (j=i-1; j>=0;) print a[j--] }' |
awk '{print($2" ["$1"]");}' | sed -e 's,[^-][^/]*/,--,g' -e 's,^,|,'
I confess to being impressed...
Yeah, but perhaps I should have used sed instead of the second awk;
fewer processes:
du -h | awk '{a[i++]=$0} END {for (j=i-1; j>=0;) print a[j--] }' | sed
-e 's,^[^1-9]*\([^___CTRL-V+TAB__]*\)CTRL-V+TAB_*\(.*\)$,\2
\[\1\],;s,[^-][^/]*/,--,g;s,^,|,'
That does exactly the same -- where I've put CTRL-V+TAB__ you
have to type Ctrl-V, then a literal [::tab::] key; BSD sed doesn't do
\t.
Chris
Final version:
http://www.bayofrum.net/~crees/graphical_du.sh
Maybe I should port it...
Thanks! This rocks! :-)
Chris
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Re: Port dependencies
2011/4/3 Chris Telting : > >> seriously, this is why i want that debian+freebsd that was >> discussed recently. the kernel is ours and number one in the >> world. and the ports stuff is basically packages that more/less >> just-work. you can get the src =with= the pkg. >> > > How does debian get around all the "make config" options that we deal with? > Such as does such and such package pull in samba... Or does debian just > compile with every option more or less enabled? "Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is a port that consists of GNU userland using the GNU C library on top of FreeBSD's kernel, coupled with the regular Debian package set." from http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ So it seems they basically use their own packages and not the ports. Romain ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Unable to update "dirmngr"
On 03/04/2011 07:24, Joseph Mingrone wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 15:41, Jerry wrote: >> FreeBSD-8.2 >> >> Several attempts to update the "dirmngr" port have failed. >> > > Did you see the 20110328 entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING for > net/openldap24-client? > Try reconfiguring net/openldap24-client without the fetch option > selected, then reinstall the port Next, uninstall then install > dirmngr dirmngr. This worked for me. Even better, the latest update to the openldap24-client ports means that it should all just work. Update your ports and try again. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: am i back up....???
On 03/04/2011 02:43, Polytropon wrote: > I can only speak for myself regarding this suggestion, and > I may also admit that I'm not fully happy with it. I would > like to run my own mail server, but corrently I'm using > the one for POP of the provider of my domain. I avoid > SMTP as sending mail from my system (that runs a MTA) > is considered NORMAL by me. Sadly, most others who suffer > from spam do not think so, they reject messages coming from > behind a dynamic IP, so I use my ISP's relay as smarthost > for sending messages. This way, I can still use ANY mail > client program I want - I get the messages using fetchmail > and can then process them with any program, even "in > parallel". For sending, I can even | mail -s bla b...@foo.bar > from the command line. It may not be optimal for all > imaginable scenarios (e. g. reading mail from a different > system, sending from a different location), but as I do > not require them, it's no big deal. Personally, I agree entirely with the idea of running your own mail server -- so long as you have a sufficient level of competence, and I think most of the people in this thread would be entirely capable. Unfortunately that's not true of the majority of most ISP's clientele, and bitter experience has led them to clamp down on SMTP-from-home in various ways. Some ISPs are friendly to more technically adept users -- mine is a case in point -- but these are few and far between. Even so, you can still run your own servers. You can get a minimally spec'd machine (virtual or physical) at quite a reasonable price nowadays. Polytropon -- given your location, have you checked out hetzner.de? They've got some good deals, and they support using FreeBSD too. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
